5000+ One Word Substitution/The Single Word

ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION

ARTS AND SCIENCES

• The art of tilling the soil...............................Agriculture
• The art of cultivating and managing garden...Horticulture
• An institution for education in the arts and
• sciences...............Polytechnic
• The study of all heavenly bodies.........Astronomy
• The science of land management.....Agronomics
• The science of family descent.....Genealogy
• The study of ancient buildings and prehistoric
• remains........Archaeology
• The study of ancient writings.......Palaeography
• The art of beautiful hand writings.......Calligraphy
• The art of making maps and charts.....Cartography
• The art of measuring land.......Surveying
• Thy science of triangles.........Trigonometry
• The art of metal-working........Metallurgy
• The study of coins.............Numismatics
• The science of numbers.......Mathematics
• The science of measuring.....Mensuration
• The art of preserving skins........Taxidermy
• The art of making fireworks........Pyrotechnics
• The science of colours........Chromatics
• The art of elegant speech or writing......Rhetoric
• The art of effective speaking or oral reading ....Elocution
• The art of telling the future  by study of the stars ... Astrology
• The study of the human mind..... Psychology
• The study of the human face..... Physiognomy
• The study of physical life or living matter....Biology
• The study of mankind.......Anthropology
• The science which deals with the varieties of the
• ......Ethnology
• The science of the structure of the human body......Anatomy
• The science which deals with the working fo the
• human body.......Physiology
• The scientific study of industial arts.....Technology
• The study of plants......Botany
• The natural history of animals.....Zoology
• The study of rocks and soils......Geology
• The study of birds........Ocnithologya
• The study of eggs....Oology
• The study of mountains.....Orology
• The study of languages.......Philology
• The study of the origin and history of words....Etymology
• The study of stars.....Astronomy
• The study of lakes or of pond life.....Limnology

DEATH

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• Fainting or death due to being deprived of air...Asphyxia
• The dead body of a human being...Corpse
• The dead body of animal....Carcass
• A frame on which a dead body is conveyed...Bier
• A pile of wood on which a dead body is burned....Pyre
• A vehicle for taking dead bodies to the cemetery...Hearse
• A place where dead bodies are interred....Cemetery
• An examination of a dead body....Post-mortem
• Occurring after death.....Posthumous
• An inscription on a tomb....Epitaph
• A vault beneath a church used for burial.....Crypt
• A stone coffin, especially one made of limestone....Sarcophagus
• Underground caves with burying places
• for the dead....Catacombs
• Dead and decaying flesh (esp. of animals).....Carrion
• A place where dead bodies are temporarily placed..... Mortuary
• A place where the bodies of persons found dead
• are placed for identification.....Morgue
• Disposal of a dead body by burning.....Cremation
• To preserve a dead body from putrefaction.....Embalm
• The cloth which is wrapped round a dead body.....Winding-sheet
• To dig up a corpse.....Exhume
• A very expensive and elaborately built tomb.....Mausoleum
• The practice of putting painlessly to death.....Euthanasia
• An account in the newspaper of the funeral of one..... obituary
• To die, without leaving a will.....Intestate
• The property left to someone by a will....Legacy
• Mass for the dead.....Requiem
• The act of killing oneself....Suicide
• The act of killing a human being.....Homicide
• Murder of a new-born child.....Infanticide
• Murder of a brother........Fratricide
• Murder of sister...Sororicide
• Murder of mother.......Matricide
• Murder of father........Patricide
• Murder of a parent......Parricide
• Murder of a king......Regicide
• Rising from the dead....Resurrection
• A monument set up for persons who are
• buried elsewhere.......Cenotaph
• Killed by an electric current........Electrocuted

GOVERNMENT

• Government of the people, for the people and
• by the people.......Democracy
• Government by a sovereign with unconrolled
• authority.....Autocracy. Despotism
• Government by a military class......Stratocracy
• Government by the worst citizens.....Kakistocracy
• The right of self-government.....Autonomy
• The science of government.....Politics
• A radical change in government....Revolution
• To decide a political question by the direct vote
• of the whole electorate......Referendum
• The period between two reigns. .....Interregnum
• Government by the nobility........Aristocracy.
• Government by departments of state.....Bureaucracy
• Government by a few.....Oligarchy
• Government by the wealthy.....Plutocracy
• Government by Priests or ecclesiastics....Hierarchy
• Government by divine guidance....Theocracy
• Government of the church by bishops......Episcopacy
• One who governs a kingdom during the infancy,
• absence, or disability of the sovereign.....Regent
• The wife or husband of a king or queen.....Consort
• An official numbering of the population....Census
• Facts and figures..... Statistics
• Statistics

NUMERICAL WORDS

• A number of buffaloes......Herd, drove
• A number of sheep, goats, birds.........Flock
• A number of whales or porpoises.......School
• A number of herrings, mackerel, etc.......Shoal
• A number of fish taken in a net........Catch, Haul
• A small number of birds, e.g. partridge.....Covey
• A number of asses......Pack
• A numberof horses, ponies, etc. driven together.....Drove
• A number of cattle or swine feeding or driven
• together....Herd
• A number of oxen or horses (two or more)
• harnessed together..... Team
• A number of birds, bees or insects, moving
• together......Flight
• A number of peacocks.....MusterA number of wolves, hounds or submarrines......Pack
• A number of leopards.....Leap
• A number of geese.... Gaggle
• A number of chickens hatched at the same time....Brood
• A number of young pigs, dogs, cats, brought forth
• at one birth.....Litter
• A number of kittens...Kindle
• A collection of fowls, ducks, etc....Poultry
• A couple of hawks.....Cast
• A number of patridges....Covey
• A number of wild geese or swans in flight....Skein
• A collection of wild animals......Menagerie, Zoa
• A number of people at church.....Congregation
• A number of people listing to a concert or lecture ......Audience
• A number of people looking on at a football match,
• cricket, etc.....  Spectators
• A number of people collected together in the street.... Crowd
• A group of people who get together to work forsome cause or common interest......Coterie
• A number of disorderly people....Mob
• A number of bees, locusts, ants, etc.....Swarm
• A number of larks or quails or beautiful girls....Bevy
• A number of bees living in the same place.....Hive
• A number of ants, rabbits or snakes living in the
• same place....Nest
• A number of horses kept for riding, racing breeding..... Stud
• A number of lions, monekys or cavalry soldiers.....Troop
• A number of rooks.......Rookery
• A number of seals..... Rookery
• A number of mules.....Barren
• A number of savages......Horde
• A number of singers in a church......Choir
• A collection of angels......Host
• A number of artistes, dancers or acrobats....Troupe
• A number of actors.....Company
• A number of servants....Staff
• A number of persons, of the same race, character
• etc.......Tribe
• A number of people following a funeral.......Cortege
• A number of beautiful ladies.. ..... Bevy
• A number of soldiers.....Army, Battalion, Regiment,Troop
• A number of sailors manning a ship....Crew
• VA number of workmen, prisoners, thieves, etc.....Gang
• A collection of slaves........Gang, Coffle
• of constables called to enforce the law.....Posse
• A number of jurymen engaged on a case.....Jury, Panel
• A number (more than two) of judges or bishop.....Bench
• A number of directors of a company......Board
• A collection of poems.....Antholog
• A collection of books......Library
• A number of pictures, curiosities, etc......Collection
• A collection of pearls......Rope
• A collection of flags........Bunting
• A collection of flowers........Bouquet
• A number of drawers.......Chest
• A number of ships........Fleet
• A number of merchant ships protected by
• warships......Convoy
• A collection of dried plants........Herbarium
• A number of nuts, grapes on a bunch......Cluster
• A number of trees.........Clump
• A large collection of trees......Forest
• A collection of wood, hay, corn, piled together......Stack
• A cluster of houses in a village......Hamlet
• A number of stars grouped together.......Constellation
• A collection of rays....Pencil
• A group of ministers......Cabinet
• A collection of eggs.....Clutch
• A set of furniture, rooms, etc.... Suite
• A quantity of woollen thread......Skein
• A quantity of bread baked at the same time.....Batch
• A mass of hair......Shock, Fell
• A number of hired applauders, i.e. persons paid to
• clap.....Claque
• A bundle of hay. .......Truss
• vA collection of tools.......set
• A set of bells placed together for a tune to be
• played on them....Carillon

OCCUPATION

• Person who practises any of the fine arts.......Artist
• Person who bakes and sells bread.....Baker
• Person who makes and repairs things made of iron......Blacksmith
• Person who puts thatch on a house......Thatcher
• Person who weaves cloth.......Weaver
• Person whose job is putting covers on books....Bookbinder
• Person whose job is selling books.....Bookseller
• Person who opeates a printing-press........Pressman
• Person whose job is printing....Printer
• Person or firm that publishes books, etc.......Publisher
• Person whose job is to write books.....Writer
• Person who pleads on behalf of another.....Advocate
• Lawyer who has the right to speak and argue as an
• advocate in higher lawcourts........Barrister
• Person with authority to decide cases in a lawcourt.......Judge
• Person whose job is to keep public order.......Police
• Person employed to keep records.....Clerk
• Official whoinspects schools, factories, etc......Inspector
• Person who makes and repairs wooden objects.....Carpenter
• Person who makes articles of gold.....Goldsmith
• Person who sells, makes or repairs jewellery......Jeweller
• Person who builds in or works with stone.....Mason
• Person who deals in oil.......Oilman
• Artist who paints pictures....Painter
• Person employed as a messenger.......Peon
• Person who teaches.....Teacher
• Person who buys and sells things for others....Broker
• Person who kills and prepares animals for meat.....Butcher
• Person who sells vegetables and  fruits .....Green-grocer
• Person who makes and/or sells perfume....Perfumer
• Person who polishes other people's shoesShoeshine
• Person who makes clothes for customers..... Tailor
• Person who trades.....Trader
• Person who cuts men's hair and shaves them....Barber
• Man who transports people in small boats for
• payment.......Boatman
• Person whose job is driving carts.....Carter
• Person who cooks food.......Cook
• Person who drives a vehicle....Driver
• Person who plays a drum........Drummer
• Person who owns or manages a farm.......Farmer
• Person who tells people's fortunes......Fortune-teller
• Person who kills wild fowls......Fowler
• Person who works in a garden.......Gardener
• - Person in charge of horses.......Groom
• Woman who earns money by laundering......Laundress
• Person appointed to perform religious duties......Priest
• Member of a ship's crew.....Sailor
• Person who takes care of sheep.......Shepherd
• Person who sweeps.......Sweeper
• Driver of a horse-drawn-carriage.......Coachman
• Person who catches fish, especially as a job......Fisherman
• Man who goes from house to house to sell milk....Milkman
• Person who earns a living by washing clothes.....Washerman
• One who attends to the diseases of the eye.....Oculist
• One who tests eyesight and sells spectacles...... Optician
• One who attends to sick people and prescribes
• medicines........Physician
• One who treats diseases by performing operations..... Surgeon
• One who compounds or
• sells drugs.........Druggist, Pharmacist
• One who attends to the teeth.......Dentist
• One skilled in the care of hands and feet.......Chiropodist
• One who treats diseases by rubbing the muscles......Masseur
• A physician who assists women
• at child-birth .......Obstetrician/Accoucheur
• One who drives a motor-car.......Chauffeur
• Öne who manages or attends to an engine......Engineer
• The person in charge of ship....Captain
• The commander of a fleet......Admiral
• One who carves in stone.....Sculptor
• One who cuts precious stones.....Lapidary,Lapidist
• One who writes for the newspaper.....Journalist,Reporter
• One who sets type for books, newspapers, etc.....Compositor
• One who plans and draws the design of buildings
• and superintends their erection......Architect
• MOne who draws plans.....Draughtsman
• One who deals in flowers....Florist
• One who deals in fruits.......Fruiterer
• One who deals in cattle.......Drover
• One who sells fruits, vegetables, etc. from a barrow........Costermonger
• One who deals in iron and hardware......Ironmonger
• One who deals in medicinal herbs.....Herbalist
• One who deals in fish.......Fishmonger
• One who deals in furs.......Furrier
• One who works in brass......Brazier
• One who sets glass in windows, doors, etc......Glazier
• One who deals in wines......Vintner
• One who works in leap esp. mending water pipes......Plumber
• One who attends to the fire of a steam engine.....Stoker
• One who makes barrels, tubs, etc. .......Cooper
• One employed as a labourer to do excavating work..... Navvy
• One who makes and sells ladies' hats......Milliner
• One who sells small articles such as ribbons,
• laces, thread etc........Haberdasher
• One who deals in clothes and other fabrics....Draper
• One who deals in silks, cotton, woolen and linen
• goods.....Mercer
• A professional rider in horse races.....Jockey
• One who shoes horses......Farrier
• One who looks after horses àt an inn.......Ostler, Hostler
• One who studies rocks and soils......Geologist
• One who studies the past through objects left
• behind.....Archaeologist
• One who studies the stars.....Astronomer

• One who foretells things by the stars-.....Astrologer
• One who flies an aeroplane........Pilot, Aviator
• One who works in a coal-mine......Collier
• One who converts raw hide into leather.....Tanner
• One who makes or deals in cutting instruments ...Cutler
• One who cleans the street..........Scavenger
• A woman employed to clean inside buildings.....Charwoman
• One who sells sweets and pastries......Confectioner
• One who induces or entraps men to serve in the
• army or navy.......Crimp
• One collects the bets and pays out to the winner
• in a gambling club.....Croupier
• One who takes care of a building......Janitor
• One who sells fowls, ducks, turkeys, etc.......Poulterer
• One who pays out money at a bank.....Cashier, Teller
• One who makes and sells cushions and covers
• chairs, motor-car seats, etc........Upholsterer
• One who lends money at exorbitant interest....Usurer
• One who draws maps......Cartographer
• One who collects postage stamps........Philatelist
• One who performs tricks  sleight  by sleight  of hand....conjuror/Juggler
• One who walsk on ropes.......Funambulist
• One who performs daring gymnastic feats.....Acrobat
• One who pastures cattle for the market......Grazier
• One who travers from palce to place selling
• miscellaneous articles.........Chapman/Pedlar/Hawker
• One who makes pots, cups, etc........Potter
• One who goes from place to place mending pots,
• pans etc........Tinker
• One who mens shoes........Cobbler/Shoemaker
• One who travels from place to place selling
• religious articles........... Colporteur
• A teacher who travels from place to place to give instruction......Peripatetic
• One who watches over students taking an
• examination.......Invigilator
• A person in charge of a museum......Curator
• One who is in charge of giving assistance to the
• poor, a hospital welfare officer.......Almoner
• The person in charge of a library.......Librarian
• The head of a college.......Principal
• The head of a town, council or corporation.....Mayor
• One who lends money and keeps goods as
• security.......Pawnbroker
• One who draws up contracts and also lends money
• on interest........Scrivener
• One who build ships....   Shipwright
• One who loads and unloads ships.......Stevedore
• One who makes wheels for carriages and carts........Wheelwright
• One who sells articles at public sales......Auctioneer
• A tradesman who manages funerals......Undertaker
• One skilled in the treatment of diseases of
• animals........Veterinarian
• One who writes shorthand.........Stenographer
• One who writes poetry.......Poet
• One who writes books.........Author
• One who writes novels........Novelist
• One who compiles a dictionary......Lexicographer
• One who sells paper, ink, pens and writing
• materials.......Stationer
• One who preserves the skins of animals and mounts them so as to resemble the living animals.....Taxidermist
• One versed int he science of human races, their
• varieties and origin.......Ethnologist
• One who studies the evolution of mankind......Anthropologist
• One who studies the working of the human mind....Psychologist
• One who makes or sells candles.....Candler
• One who works or deals in feathers for apparel.....Plumassier
• The treasurer of a college or university........Bursar
• An officer in charge of the stores, provisions acounts on a ship......Purser
• An expert or specialist in neurology .....Neurologist
• Specialist in ophthalmology............Ophthalmologist

OPPOSITES

• Writing that is easy to read.......Illegible
• Writing that is difficult to decipher......Illegible
• Able to read........Literate
• Unable to read........Illiterate
• Fit for food..............Edible
• To banish from one's country.........Expatriate
• Love of one's country..........Patriotism
• Goods brought into a country........Imports
• Goods carriout out of a country........Exports
• Unfit for human consumption........Inedible
• Fit to do chosen or selected...........Eligible
• Not having the qualities of being chosen......Ineligible
• Loud enough to be heard........Audible
• Not distinct enough to be heard......Inaudible
• Born of married parents.......Legitimate
• Born of unmarried parents..........Illegitimate
• To move from one country to another.......Migrate
• One who leaves his country to settle in another......Emigrant
• One who comes into a foreign country to settle there.....Immigrant
• To send back a person to his own country.....Repatriate
• A list of table of duties payable on exports or
• imports........Tariff
• A list of goods despatched with quantity and price
• to the purchaser........Invoice
• One to whom goods are despatched......Consignee

To be continued...

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